Free podcast template

Create a review episode without starting from scratch

Use this free structure to deliver a consistent, evidence-based review. Every section gives you a clear prompt, suggested timing and a direct path from recording to publishing.

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Listen to three real examples

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28:27
Banned Camp: Banned Books, Comedy, and Free Speech vs. Censorship

The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 21: You Wanted a Women’s Culture | Banned Books Comedy

Chapter 21 is the birth chapter. Janine delivers at the Warren household in full Gilead ceremony — the wife on the birthing stool, the Handmaids chanting, the baby named Angela and handed away before Janine can

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75:00
The LRB Podcast

On Politics: The Online Right (and Left)

For the best part of a decade, a new type of anti-systemic, nationalist politics has been emerging from different corners of the online world. In Britain, this has united with older forms of cultural conservati

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47:26
American Arts & Culture Review with Clay Tatum, Whitmer Thomas and Rodney Berry

Is It Romantic?, Martin Scorsese, Bubble Book (w/ Joe Pera)

Whit, Clay, and #1 audience member Rod welcome #1 guest and marriage expert Joe Pera to the pod to figure out where wives come from and to analyze neo-rom-com Isn't That My Wife? Plus, acclaimed director Martin

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How it works

From review idea to published episode

Hilite keeps the full workflow in one place, so the structure survives from the first recording through the final publish.

Capture the first version

Record in your browser or upload material you already have. Follow the segment prompts so the episode has a clear shape.

A practical starting point

Use the structure without sounding scripted

No. The review template gives the episode a dependable shape while leaving the examples, voice and point of view to you.

FAQ

Questions about the review template

It is a reusable episode outline designed to help critics and independent creators deliver a consistent, evidence-based review. It includes the recommended sequence, recording prompts and suggested timing.

Start your review episode

Open the ready-made structure, record each section and turn it into something worth publishing.